Kindle Fire and Calibre

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 06:23 PM

Just thought I'd post this for others like me who might be coming to see about this:

Calibre does not, at the moment, detect the Fire.

Edit:

D'oh. Probably should have put this in Devices subforum.

rcuadro · 11-15-2011, 06:43 PM

If you have a Fire in your hot little hands you can help others get the device added to calibre

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....pported-in-app

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 06:49 PM

I'll do that as soon as I figure out where side-loaded books go. I dropped one into the 'books' folder, but I can't get it to show up in the reader. (One of the questions in your link is 'Tell us where books need to go'

wallcraft · 11-15-2011, 07:22 PM

Version: 0.8.25
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b34&rev0005',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b3c&rev0005',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c016&rev_0340',
u'usb\\vid_0557&pid_7000&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300',
u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216',
u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000']
Drives detected:
(0) D:\ ~ \\?\STORAGE#VOLUME#_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_AMAZON&PRO D_KINDLE&REV_0001#8&2D4F40B&0&6052002600000001&0#{ 53F56307-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR
MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2
ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360
POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60
SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3
THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

Version: 0.8.25
USB devices on system:
[u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b34&rev0005',
u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b3c&rev0005',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_01',
u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c016&rev_0340',
u'usb\\vid_0557&pid_7000&rev_0100',
u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300',
u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300&mi_00',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000',
u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000']
Drives detected:
Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK
BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52
E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G
FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK
IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK
JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR
MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2
ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360
POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60
SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3
THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER

Looking for devices...

Devices possibly connected: None

The ebooks go in the Documents folder

Code:

D:\Documents

It does not seem like subfolders work, and the new ebooks took a minute or so to show up.

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The ebooks go in the Documents folder
It does not seem like subfolders work, and the new ebooks took a minute or so to show up.

Actually, I've been putting them in the books folder, and half of them show up in the reader, while those that don't show up under the docs tab, despite being in the books folder. See this thread for more discussion:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...=157221&page=2

wallcraft · 11-15-2011, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gweminence

Actually, I've been putting them in the books folder, and half of them show up in the reader, while those that don't show up under the docs tab, despite being in the books folder.

I agree, Books or Documents

Code:

D:\Books

D:\Documents

So far, all my Calibre MOBIs (even those from ePubs) show up as Books, no matter which of the two folders they are in. A PDF shows up under Docs though.

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 08:02 PM

In that thread that I linked, I explain my experiences with .mobis. Half seem to go to books, half to docs, despite all being in books folder. I'm beginning to suspect that all is not well with Amazon's overlay implementation.

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 08:42 PM

Ok, Blossom from the Fire forums figured it out:

the 'PDOC' tag under mobi output causes it to be, obviously, a document, and not a book. Re-converting a mobi with that field blank ensures that it shows up under books, and syncs properly.

Thanks blossom!

kovidgoyal · 11-15-2011, 08:52 PM

I'd like confirmation on whether sub folders work or not, as I would be fairly surprised if they did not. Also could someone create a news download in calibre (with output profile set to Kindle) and copy the resulting mobi to the fire and see what happens.

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

I'd like confirmation on whether sub folders work or not, as I would be fairly surprised if they did not. Also could someone create a news download in calibre (with output profile set to Kindle) and copy the resulting mobi to the fire and see what happens.

Sub folders work, Kovid. I had [PDOC] set as a conversion option under mobi output. This caused the Fire to read it as a Document, rather than book. Reconversion with this removed causes proper behavior. I'll be back in a second with the news result.

kovidgoyal · 11-15-2011, 08:56 PM

One more question: Is the documents folder "Documents" or "documents"

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 09:00 PM

It's "Documents", but that's not where you want books to go, you want them in "Books", so they'll go into the reader (This is significant because you're then pressing the 'books' tab to find side-loaded books, rather than the 'Documents' tab.)

psikic · 11-15-2011, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

One more question: Is the documents folder "Documents" or "documents"

The folder is "Documents".

P.S. I'm willing to test when you get this ready. Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 11-15-2011, 09:02 PM

Does putting them in Documents cause them to not show up as Books, I thought that was determined by the presence or absence of the PDOC field.

gweminence · 11-15-2011, 09:02 PM

News mobi (I used Anandtech) worked just fine, Kovid.

11-15-2011, 06:23 PM	#1
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	Kindle Fire and Calibre Just thought I'd post this for others like me who might be coming to see about this: Calibre does not, at the moment, detect the Fire. Edit: D'oh. Probably should have put this in Devices subforum.

11-15-2011, 06:49 PM	#3
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	I'll do that as soon as I figure out where side-loaded books go. I dropped one into the 'books' folder, but I can't get it to show up in the reader. (One of the questions in your link is 'Tell us where books need to go' Last edited by gweminence; 11-15-2011 at 06:55 PM.

11-15-2011, 07:22 PM	#4
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Version: 0.8.25 USB devices on system: [u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b34&rev0005', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b3c&rev0005', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_01', u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c016&rev_0340', u'usb\\vid_0557&pid_7000&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300', u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216', u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_1949&pid_0006&rev_0216&mi_01', u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000', u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000'] Drives detected: (0) D:\ ~ \\?\STORAGE#VOLUME#_??_USBSTOR#DISK&VEN_AMAZON&PRO D_KINDLE&REV_0001#8&2D4F40B&0&6052002600000001&0#{ 53F56307-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B}#{53F5630D-B6BF-11D0-94F2-00A0C91EFB8B} Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52 E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60 SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER Looking for devices... Devices possibly connected: None Version: 0.8.25 USB devices on system: [u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b34&rev0005', u'usb\\root_hub20&vid8086&pid3b3c&rev0005', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_045e&pid_00b0&rev_0110&mi_01', u'usb\\vid_046d&pid_c016&rev_0340', u'usb\\vid_0557&pid_7000&rev_0100', u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300', u'usb\\vid_064e&pid_2100&rev_0300&mi_00', u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000', u'usb\\vid_8087&pid_0020&rev_0000'] Drives detected: Available plugins: ADAM ALEX ALURATEK_COLOR ANDROID ARCHOS7O AVANT AZBOOKA BAMBOOK BLACKBERRY BOEYE_BDX BOEYE_BEX BOOQ BOOX COBY COOL_ER CYBOOK DBOOK E52 E71X EB511 EB600 EBK52 ECLICTO EDGE EEEREADER ELONEX ESLICK EX124G FOLDER_DEVICE_FOR_CONFIG GEMEI GER2 HANLINV3 HANLINV5 ILIAD INVESBOOK IPAPYRUS IREXDR1000 IREXDR800 IRIVER_STORY ITALICA ITUNES JETBOOK JETBOOK_MINI KINDLE KINDLE2 KINDLE_DX KOBO LIBREAIR LUMIREAD MENTOR MIBUK MOOVYBOOK N516 N770 N810 NEWSMY NEXTBOOK NOOK NOOK_COLOR NUUT2 ORIZON PALMPRE PDNOVEL PDNOVEL_KOBO PICO POCKETBOOK301 POCKETBOOK360 POCKETBOOK360P POCKETBOOK602 POCKETBOOK701 PRS505 PRST1 README S60 SHINEBOOK SNE SOVOS SPECTRA STASH SUNSTECH_EB700 SWEEX TECLAST_K3 THEBOOK TREKSTOR USER_DEFINED VELOCITYMICRO WEBOS WEXLER Looking for devices... Devices possibly connected: None The ebooks go in the Documents folder Code: D:\Documents It does not seem like subfolders work, and the new ebooks took a minute or so to show up. Last edited by wallcraft; 11-15-2011 at 07:27 PM. Reason: no need to reboot

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11-15-2011, 06:43 PM	#2
rcuadro Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 874275 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Device: Kindle DX	If you have a Fire in your hot little hands you can help others get the device added to calibre http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....pported-in-app

11-15-2011, 08:02 PM	#7
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	In that thread that I linked, I explain my experiences with .mobis. Half seem to go to books, half to docs, despite all being in books folder. I'm beginning to suspect that all is not well with Amazon's overlay implementation.

11-15-2011, 08:42 PM	#8
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	Ok, Blossom from the Fire forums figured it out: the 'PDOC' tag under mobi output causes it to be, obviously, a document, and not a book. Re-converting a mobi with that field blank ensures that it shows up under books, and syncs properly. Thanks blossom!

11-15-2011, 08:52 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,231 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'd like confirmation on whether sub folders work or not, as I would be fairly surprised if they did not. Also could someone create a news download in calibre (with output profile set to Kindle) and copy the resulting mobi to the fire and see what happens.

11-15-2011, 08:56 PM	#11
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,231 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	One more question: Is the documents folder "Documents" or "documents"

11-15-2011, 09:00 PM	#12
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	It's "Documents", but that's not where you want books to go, you want them in "Books", so they'll go into the reader (This is significant because you're then pressing the 'books' tab to find side-loaded books, rather than the 'Documents' tab.)

11-15-2011, 09:02 PM	#14
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,231 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Does putting them in Documents cause them to not show up as Books, I thought that was determined by the presence or absence of the PDOC field.

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